Prison Ministry in Singapore from 1965 to 1985 : an alternative socio-cultural faith-based rehabilitation approach
The legacy of Singapore’s prison ministry has been significantly overlooked in terms of its history and contributions to local rehabilitation approaches. Utilising new primary sources through the oral interviews conducted during this research process to gain perspective from ex-inmates, volunteer...
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2018
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| author | Chin, Su Ling |
| author2 | Miles Alexander Powell |
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| description | The legacy of Singapore’s prison ministry has been significantly overlooked in
terms of its history and contributions to local rehabilitation approaches. Utilising
new primary sources through the oral interviews conducted during this research
process to gain perspective from ex-inmates, volunteers, staff who have been
part of or impacted by the prison ministry, this paper provides a new narrative
of the history of Singapore’s prison ministry between 1965 and 1985. Through
extending existing history of Singapore’s prison ministry with the new narrative,
this study argues that the Christian community in Singapore initiated an
alternative socio-cultural faith-based rehabilitation that complemented the
efforts of the prison welfare service. The rehabilitation was done through an
intentional religious intervention by going into the prison, ministering, and
educating prisoners in accordance to the Christian faith. The revised history of
Singapore’s prison ministry helps identify how the ministry functioned both as
a spearhead and system of positive of influence and change through three ways:
introducing mentorship, meeting the needs of individuals during transitional
rehabilitation period, and engaging community. |
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| spelling | ntu-10356/736222019-12-10T13:57:27Z Prison Ministry in Singapore from 1965 to 1985 : an alternative socio-cultural faith-based rehabilitation approach Chin, Su Ling Miles Alexander Powell School of Humanities and Social Sciences DRNTU::Humanities The legacy of Singapore’s prison ministry has been significantly overlooked in terms of its history and contributions to local rehabilitation approaches. Utilising new primary sources through the oral interviews conducted during this research process to gain perspective from ex-inmates, volunteers, staff who have been part of or impacted by the prison ministry, this paper provides a new narrative of the history of Singapore’s prison ministry between 1965 and 1985. Through extending existing history of Singapore’s prison ministry with the new narrative, this study argues that the Christian community in Singapore initiated an alternative socio-cultural faith-based rehabilitation that complemented the efforts of the prison welfare service. The rehabilitation was done through an intentional religious intervention by going into the prison, ministering, and educating prisoners in accordance to the Christian faith. The revised history of Singapore’s prison ministry helps identify how the ministry functioned both as a spearhead and system of positive of influence and change through three ways: introducing mentorship, meeting the needs of individuals during transitional rehabilitation period, and engaging community. Bachelor of Arts 2018-04-02T05:04:43Z 2018-04-02T05:04:43Z 2018 Final Year Project (FYP) http://hdl.handle.net/10356/73622 en Nanyang Technological University 75 p. application/pdf |
| spellingShingle | DRNTU::Humanities Chin, Su Ling Prison Ministry in Singapore from 1965 to 1985 : an alternative socio-cultural faith-based rehabilitation approach |
| title | Prison Ministry in Singapore from 1965 to 1985 : an alternative socio-cultural faith-based rehabilitation approach |
| title_full | Prison Ministry in Singapore from 1965 to 1985 : an alternative socio-cultural faith-based rehabilitation approach |
| title_fullStr | Prison Ministry in Singapore from 1965 to 1985 : an alternative socio-cultural faith-based rehabilitation approach |
| title_full_unstemmed | Prison Ministry in Singapore from 1965 to 1985 : an alternative socio-cultural faith-based rehabilitation approach |
| title_short | Prison Ministry in Singapore from 1965 to 1985 : an alternative socio-cultural faith-based rehabilitation approach |
| title_sort | prison ministry in singapore from 1965 to 1985 an alternative socio cultural faith based rehabilitation approach |
| topic | DRNTU::Humanities |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/10356/73622 |
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